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. >>> the pentagon is calling the transfer of the last ethnic chinese uighurs from guantanamo bay to slovakia a significant milestone. the u.s. finally freed three people who spent a decade locked up for nothing. in case you forgot, uighurs are an ethnic group, a group of 22 specifically had been living in the tora bora mountains in afghanistan in a camp run by a uighur independence group with evidence some of them intended to fight the chinese government. after 9/11, u.s. aerial strikes destroyed their camp. they fled to pakistan, were captured and sent to guantanamo. the "new york times" says leaked files indicate the u.s. military knew ten years ago that these prisoners at guantanamo had no ties to al qaeda or the taliban and they recommended their release. so why are we talking about their new freedom on the last day of 2013? for one thing, washington did not want to send them back to china for fear the uighurs would be tortured, if not worse, by the chinese government. other countries caved in to chinese arm twisting and refused to take them. in 2009, the obama administration fo
. >>> the pentagon is calling the transfer of the last ethnic chinese uighurs from guantanamo bay to slovakia a significant milestone. the u.s. finally freed three people who spent a decade locked up for nothing. in case you forgot, uighurs are an ethnic group, a group of 22 specifically had been living in the tora bora mountains in afghanistan in a camp run by a uighur independence group with evidence some of them intended to fight the chinese government. after 9/11, u.s. aerial...
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here is nbc pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski with more. >> reporter: internet retailer amazon gave us all a glimpse of the future working out plans to use remote control drones to deliver packages straight to your front door. but who is going to regulate that andy sure it's safe. the federal aviation agency is working on plans of its own. >> if we want to ensure the highest level of safety, we have to have a complete understanding of how these aircraft operate. >> reporter: so today faa chose six separate test sites, each with unique challenges for drone operations, from the bitter cold of alaska to sweltering heat of corpus christi, texas, to rome, new york, where drones will be tested in the heavy air traffic all with the eyes of opening the skies to commercial. >> a kitty hawk moment. unmanned aircraft is the next big step prosecutor here at the pentagon and cia, they have relied on drones for more than a decade to wage war against enemy forces overseas. drones flown remotely by trained, experienced pilots. but for now any civilian with training is free to fly drones as lon
here is nbc pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski with more. >> reporter: internet retailer amazon gave us all a glimpse of the future working out plans to use remote control drones to deliver packages straight to your front door. but who is going to regulate that andy sure it's safe. the federal aviation agency is working on plans of its own. >> if we want to ensure the highest level of safety, we have to have a complete understanding of how these aircraft operate. >>...
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the most expensive program in pentagon history, still taking flight. in fact, south korea plans to order 40 of those jets. second prediction, cash will be king, spent on marking abroad. this was also correct. we saw this year with lockheed martin, united technologies and boeing. a drone war here at home. she was early with this one, as we have not seen it yet take off. but amazon did announce this year, they're looking at using drones to deliver packages. we'll call it 2 for 3. what's in store for defense in 2014. >> reporter: how times have change. back in the cold war days of f-14, few disputed need for defense spending. 2014 the defense industry battle tested by sequestration and a government shutdown, though sales were helped by a boost in international interests. in 2014, though, things will be tougher, even with the new budget deal, there will still be cuts. lockheed martin continues to work on programs like the f-35, it has been slashing its workforce in other areas and it's not alone. this is one reason goldman sachs expects defense company pro
the most expensive program in pentagon history, still taking flight. in fact, south korea plans to order 40 of those jets. second prediction, cash will be king, spent on marking abroad. this was also correct. we saw this year with lockheed martin, united technologies and boeing. a drone war here at home. she was early with this one, as we have not seen it yet take off. but amazon did announce this year, they're looking at using drones to deliver packages. we'll call it 2 for 3. what's in store...
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shelling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll up democracy. why is john kerry's assistant and finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington is quote. cold in my eyes there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks they were racists in slaving whole nations and well being the resources they reassure the public through mainstream media but they were chords civilising the natives to trick the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but same practice continuing to overturn governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government writes washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the left tip of the icebergs u.s. senators like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protest as well as the system secretary of state victoria nuland hands them out and days the reality is top
shelling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll up democracy. why is john kerry's assistant and finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington is quote. cold in my eyes there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks they were racists in slaving whole nations and well being the resources they reassure the public through mainstream media but they were chords...
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foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american policy u.s. attacks on iran a quote taking a page from the playbook on ukraine and georgia america's training a rainy and terrorists knows the b.b.c. responsible for thousands of assassinations but as soon as the pentagon began funding them hillary clinton took the terrorist group off the official terrorist list basic medicines are being slowed by u.s. sanctions on iran the guardian reports this is putting literally millions of lives at risk leading war crimes prosecutor professor francis boyle warns iran's children going down the pulse of iraq u.s. sanctions since th
foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american...
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best thing we've seen the prime minister face thing a challenge not only from the people here in the pentagon may be the same thing with the new government in fact there was sarah firth reporting from the streets of istanbul. it's been months since the u.s. and russia and other world powers reached a deal to remove the syrian government's chemical weapons the deal helped avoid a potential u.s. strike in syria for the latest on that or teaser in a glue show tells us more. we can see the first hurdle or rather task at hand which is destroying the facilities where the chemical weapons were stored and produced and then gathering all the chemicals together that that stage has been completed now we are at the stage two and that is the transportation of all chemicals to the port of latakia and now the there is a deadline and that was december thirty first but again they shoot for broad vision of chemical weapons and saying that deadline is most likely not to be because you don't have to transport the chemicals the route they have to go via the route from damascus to a talkie which of unfortunately i
best thing we've seen the prime minister face thing a challenge not only from the people here in the pentagon may be the same thing with the new government in fact there was sarah firth reporting from the streets of istanbul. it's been months since the u.s. and russia and other world powers reached a deal to remove the syrian government's chemical weapons the deal helped avoid a potential u.s. strike in syria for the latest on that or teaser in a glue show tells us more. we can see the first...
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paper we think the prime minister thank you thing a challenge not only from the people here in the pentagon have been the same thing with them you've got to remember them thank you and that was our t. sarah firth reporting from the streets of istanbul. next week israel is expected to announce plans to build fourteen hundred new homes in jewish settlement areas in the west bank on thursday night out of fear that such a move could derail the peace process in the region palestinian president mahmoud abbas called on the united states to dissuade israel from going through with these new settlements according to a palestinian negotiator abbas asked the u.s. envoy for quote u.s. intervention to stop the israeli government from issuing new settlement decisions in order to save the peace process despite recent setbacks in the peace process one man believes a solution is within sight when he is a palestinian entrepreneur and businessman he's perhaps best known for his history as a negotiator in the peace talks between the u.s. israel and palestine palestine excuse me he's over eighty years old but he
paper we think the prime minister thank you thing a challenge not only from the people here in the pentagon have been the same thing with them you've got to remember them thank you and that was our t. sarah firth reporting from the streets of istanbul. next week israel is expected to announce plans to build fourteen hundred new homes in jewish settlement areas in the west bank on thursday night out of fear that such a move could derail the peace process in the region palestinian president...
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in america by the pentagon and by within the pentagon and the cia reacted against that and tried to fight against it and there is some confusion over the detail there because the cia thought that my six got some stuff from when actually they got some stuff right that stuff particular stuff right. m i six of course relied too heavily because of the political pressure from above on sources which could take the responsibility you could not take that. did not have the orth oratory that they were given by m i six calling that you and a brit. well. it was where you start putting pressure on people for information then all sorts of things start happening you put stress on the system if you've got an agent who's paid money and you say look we need information urgently he then knows that he can get money for that information and so he comes up with any information he can it's not necessarily in his area of expertise he will have subagents suit people he worked to him who also work for money they will be under pressure to come up with information and you know the attraction of getting money for inf
in america by the pentagon and by within the pentagon and the cia reacted against that and tried to fight against it and there is some confusion over the detail there because the cia thought that my six got some stuff from when actually they got some stuff right that stuff particular stuff right. m i six of course relied too heavily because of the political pressure from above on sources which could take the responsibility you could not take that. did not have the orth oratory that they were...
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an allied commander during world war ii, after the war he served as the army chief of staff for the pentagon. he left the military and went to columbia university in new york, where he served as university president. it was around this time in the late 1940's and early 1950's, when they began to consider their retreat in gettysburg, pennsylvania. we are going to take you there, but first we are going to hear from mamie many years later about the farm and how important it was to the eisenhowers. >> i like having you on the porch with me where ike and i spent so many hours. the cattle still appear on the field. >> on your screen is the formal living room at the eisenhower farm in gettysburg, pennsylvania. joining us is a park ranger. alice evans, how is it they came to gettysburg and why this property? >> gettysburg was a natural choice. they actually lived here before during the first world war. he was a civil war buff from childhood. that told him here. he was very interested in farming. he wanted to find a farm that would keep him busy in retirement. >> this was a working farm? >> yes, it w
an allied commander during world war ii, after the war he served as the army chief of staff for the pentagon. he left the military and went to columbia university in new york, where he served as university president. it was around this time in the late 1940's and early 1950's, when they began to consider their retreat in gettysburg, pennsylvania. we are going to take you there, but first we are going to hear from mamie many years later about the farm and how important it was to the eisenhowers....
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happened.w it a pentagon program has been highly militarizing american police forces for years. ofotal of $4.2 billion worth equipment has been distributed by the defense department to municipal law enforcement agencies with a record $546 million in 2012 alone. that is just the beginning of this article from "the guardian." alex on our republican line from miami. caller: good morning. as far as the police state issue, it is only for the citizens of this country. as far as immigrants -- in miami it is 59% of the population -- they get to roam free. when i tell them how it works, they are in total shock. yes, it is a police state. only for u.s. citizens. as far as immigrants are concerned, they get to go wherever they want. i have been challenged by police and they let the immigrant go away freely. it is not pretty at all. that is my take on it. host: that is alex. diane is in georgia, democrat. caller: yes. the answer to your question about is it becoming a police state -- no. i think we need all of the surveillance that we can get. going back to 9/11, that is what kicked it off.
happened.w it a pentagon program has been highly militarizing american police forces for years. ofotal of $4.2 billion worth equipment has been distributed by the defense department to municipal law enforcement agencies with a record $546 million in 2012 alone. that is just the beginning of this article from "the guardian." alex on our republican line from miami. caller: good morning. as far as the police state issue, it is only for the citizens of this country. as far as immigrants...
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the united states trying to meet with our congress people and people in the white house and in the pentagon and saying, how could we be doing this? the doors slam on us all the time. this is the one time we get our voices out there. some people see us and say, those stupid women and all bc there are men with us. they pretty see it. people overseas are watching c- span and are seeing that people are willing to speak out and risk arrest doing it. >> when did you get this political feeling in july? >> growing up during the days of the vietnam war. i was a high school student. my sister is two years older than me. her boyfriend was drafted and went off to war. he was a lovely young man before he was taken off to vietnam. a couple of months after, he sent her back a present. it was an ear of a viet cong and it was a souvenir for her to put around her neck oh stop i was horrified that this nice young men had turned into what i considered at that time a monster. to think that something like the human ear is something that you would wear around your neck. that change me for life. it really made me
the united states trying to meet with our congress people and people in the white house and in the pentagon and saying, how could we be doing this? the doors slam on us all the time. this is the one time we get our voices out there. some people see us and say, those stupid women and all bc there are men with us. they pretty see it. people overseas are watching c- span and are seeing that people are willing to speak out and risk arrest doing it. >> when did you get this political feeling...
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military and the primary use for new technology at the pentagon is not to conduct rescue operations. that's our show for today. for tomorrow's christmas eve special, ali velshi focused on the opportunities and the minefields of getting a college degree in america. if you're home christmas eve and want to know more about the value of your college degree, tune into "real money." i'm david schuster in for ali. thanks jor for joining us, everybody. have a great holiday. check check >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster, here are the hour's top stories. in south sudan the united states is sending an additional 150 marines. thousands of civilians fled the fighting in that african nation. many are taking shelter near u.n. compounds. in egypt there has been an explosion at the police headquarters in the city of mansoura. rescue teams have been working for hours to pull victims out of rubble. >> 14 people were killed, 120 others injurd. a family in california is fighting to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support. jahi mcmath was
military and the primary use for new technology at the pentagon is not to conduct rescue operations. that's our show for today. for tomorrow's christmas eve special, ali velshi focused on the opportunities and the minefields of getting a college degree in america. if you're home christmas eve and want to know more about the value of your college degree, tune into "real money." i'm david schuster in for ali. thanks jor for joining us, everybody. have a great holiday. check check...
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military and the primary use for new technology at the pentagon is not to conduct rescue operations. that's our show for today. for tomorrow's christmas eve special, ali velshi focused on the opportunities and the minefields of getting a college degree in america. if you're home christmas eve and want to know more about the value of your college degree, tune into "real money." i'm david schuster in for ali. thanks jor for joining us, everybody. have a great holiday. >> hey, i'm wajahat.ali. you're on the stream. you hear about local police durng into little brother. -- turning into little brother. lisa fletcher is out, but we've got omar, as digital producer. >> i.t. has really lit up. we put out the question of whether investingon
military and the primary use for new technology at the pentagon is not to conduct rescue operations. that's our show for today. for tomorrow's christmas eve special, ali velshi focused on the opportunities and the minefields of getting a college degree in america. if you're home christmas eve and want to know more about the value of your college degree, tune into "real money." i'm david schuster in for ali. thanks jor for joining us, everybody. have a great holiday. >> hey, i'm...
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humanoid robots are writhing on these south florida all to compete in a challenge organized by the pentagon coming up next see what these machines can do . it's monday december twenty third five pm in washington d.c. i'm the niro david and you're watching our t.v. now today marks a very special birthday for the federal reserve believe it or not the central banking system has now been in existence for exactly one hundred years it was created on december twenty third one nine hundred thirteen primarily as a result of a severe panic in one thousand nine hundred seven that panic is often referred to as the knickerbocker crisis and it stemmed from a financial downfall in which the new york stock exchange fell almost fifty percent being that it was at a time of economic recession many state and local businesses entered bankruptcy and the panic eventual east spread throughout the nation that's when congress enacted the federal reserve act with the hope that a central banking institution would address the problem of bank panics and meet the need for an elastic currency but over the past hundred yea
humanoid robots are writhing on these south florida all to compete in a challenge organized by the pentagon coming up next see what these machines can do . it's monday december twenty third five pm in washington d.c. i'm the niro david and you're watching our t.v. now today marks a very special birthday for the federal reserve believe it or not the central banking system has now been in existence for exactly one hundred years it was created on december twenty third one nine hundred thirteen...
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that seems to have happened in the case of libya where you and the general counsel at the pentagon came out one way on the war powers act and found hostilities or actions met definition of hostilities under the war powers act and what the administration did was disregard what i think was a sound legal intercepti interpretation but instead followed advice of legal department counsel and state department counsel. what i'm concerned about if we have a situation like that where you don't prevail i hope you would share your concerns with the committee that you felt unlawful activity was occurring. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator collins. senator udall. >> good afternoon to you, welcome. ambassador, i'm going to direct a set of comments and question to you here today. i would note ambassador smith is from my home state and has done us proud. so thank you for your service. nice to see you again. we had a chance to sit down last week. among other things we discussed senate intelligence committee study on ci detention and interrogation program which this committee approved one year ag
that seems to have happened in the case of libya where you and the general counsel at the pentagon came out one way on the war powers act and found hostilities or actions met definition of hostilities under the war powers act and what the administration did was disregard what i think was a sound legal intercepti interpretation but instead followed advice of legal department counsel and state department counsel. what i'm concerned about if we have a situation like that where you don't prevail i...
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united states on september eleventh to have two of our biggest buildings in new york knocked down the pentagon attacked and another plane that was heading for washington d.c. that was very appropriate spending and i think we've seen the results you mentioned other countries other countries are not the target that the united states is for islamic extremists and so i think the united states citizens have gotten what they've paid for when they because we've been able to floyd all and prevent numerous attacks on the continental united states and in europe with some of our allies because we're spending so much more money on intelligence and because we're able to have a more capable intelligence service going after threats to our country well you just mentioned nine eleven and that was of course twelve years ago but if we consider the. funding that the cia has requested of the intelligence community rather has requested for the fiscal year of two thousand and thirteen. it is still pretty high over fifty two billion dollars and it is expected to stay at that level at least until two thousand and seve
united states on september eleventh to have two of our biggest buildings in new york knocked down the pentagon attacked and another plane that was heading for washington d.c. that was very appropriate spending and i think we've seen the results you mentioned other countries other countries are not the target that the united states is for islamic extremists and so i think the united states citizens have gotten what they've paid for when they because we've been able to floyd all and prevent...
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the national defense authorization act was passed, give the pentagon some certainty for awhile. two years of budget peace also allows shut down scenario to be completely wiped off the boards. one last remaining element do we have default crisis, every political indicator at the white house and the hill suggests we won't. though it was a dreadful year, productively ended in a way that gives both sides some sense that a mid term year will be there. >> schieffer: david, what will be the big stories on your beats this year? >> i think syria is going to be a huge story. particularly if these chemical weapons are destroyed as planned. because all along the absolute worst case scenario in syria has been those chemical weapons falling in to the hands of radical islamists. if you take those chemical weapons off the table, that opens up a lot of actions that the u.s. could take to change the balance of power without having the dire consequence of those weapons falling in to the wrong hands. because right now they just are afraid of syria imploding, but you get those chemical weapons out o
the national defense authorization act was passed, give the pentagon some certainty for awhile. two years of budget peace also allows shut down scenario to be completely wiped off the boards. one last remaining element do we have default crisis, every political indicator at the white house and the hill suggests we won't. though it was a dreadful year, productively ended in a way that gives both sides some sense that a mid term year will be there. >> schieffer: david, what will be the big...
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agrees, and that seems to have happened in the case of libya, where and the general counsel at the pentagon came out one way on the war owers act and found that hostilities, that it -- our actions met the definition of hostilities under the war powers act and what the administration did was disregard what i think was a sound legal interpretation that you and jeb johnson gave from the department of defense, and instead followed the advice of the white house legal counsel and the state department counsel. so what i'm concerned about is we have a situation like that where you don't prevail. i would hope you would share your concerns with the committee if you felt that unlawful activity was occurring. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator collins. senator udall? >> good afternoon to both of you. welcome. ambassador, with all due respect, i'm going direct my set of comments and then a question to ms. krass. i would note for the record that emboss door smith is from my home state and has done us proud, so thank you for your service. ms. krass, nice to see you begin. we had a chance to sit do
agrees, and that seems to have happened in the case of libya, where and the general counsel at the pentagon came out one way on the war owers act and found that hostilities, that it -- our actions met the definition of hostilities under the war powers act and what the administration did was disregard what i think was a sound legal interpretation that you and jeb johnson gave from the department of defense, and instead followed the advice of the white house legal counsel and the state department...
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plus the pentagon files to account for an eight point five trillion dollar black hole in its budget is washington seems unable to rein in defense spending. and egypt's president mohamed morsi faces new charges this time a very twenty eleven jailbreak while his supporters of all ages are being thrown behind bars. well you can get more nor of these stories at r.t. dot com but now abby martin looks back on some of twenty thirteen's major news stories including an essay surveillance in the world wide anti fracking protests breaking the set is up.
plus the pentagon files to account for an eight point five trillion dollar black hole in its budget is washington seems unable to rein in defense spending. and egypt's president mohamed morsi faces new charges this time a very twenty eleven jailbreak while his supporters of all ages are being thrown behind bars. well you can get more nor of these stories at r.t. dot com but now abby martin looks back on some of twenty thirteen's major news stories including an essay surveillance in the world...
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pentagon correspondent barbara starr is covering the operation to rescue those americans while athena jones is with the president in honolulu. and, athena, i want to start with you, how are they keeping the president in the loop in these conditions? >> reporter: hi, rosa. good afternoon. well, of course, the president is always president even on vacation, and we know from a statement put out just in the last hour that upon landing here in honolulu overnight, the president was briefed immediately upon landing about the status of those four wounded american service members. and this morning his principals, susan rice, his national security adviser, and his scepty national security advisers had a muting, and they called him, had a secure call with the president to give him yet another update on the situation. he is urging the government, the leaders of south sudan, saying it is their responsibility to help secure the american citizens there and he's asked his team back in washington to keep him constantly updated and we're certain that he will. this, of course, comes as you mentioned as
pentagon correspondent barbara starr is covering the operation to rescue those americans while athena jones is with the president in honolulu. and, athena, i want to start with you, how are they keeping the president in the loop in these conditions? >> reporter: hi, rosa. good afternoon. well, of course, the president is always president even on vacation, and we know from a statement put out just in the last hour that upon landing here in honolulu overnight, the president was briefed...
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he has already rejected one recommendation to create a stronger division between nsa and pentagon. there are 45 more recommendations that are still awaiting his response. if there is one message on this topic, the president wanted to get across yesterday, it's that he is open to reform. >> the question we are going to have to ask is, can we accomplish the same goals that this program is intended to accomplish in ways we give the public more confidence that, in fact, the nsa is doing what it is supposed to be doing. we pay have to refine this further to give people more confidence. >> all right. i want to welcome back norm and former congressman and candidate for her own seat nan hayworth. liza, the co-director at the brennan center is here with us now, new york congressman jerry nather is still with us. ly za, i will start with you. when we played a little of the president yesterday, we know he has all these recommendation, what did you make of what you were hearing from him yesterday? do you think there was anything significant in terms of a change that was hinted at there is this
he has already rejected one recommendation to create a stronger division between nsa and pentagon. there are 45 more recommendations that are still awaiting his response. if there is one message on this topic, the president wanted to get across yesterday, it's that he is open to reform. >> the question we are going to have to ask is, can we accomplish the same goals that this program is intended to accomplish in ways we give the public more confidence that, in fact, the nsa is doing what...
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why do we have a civilian in charge of the pentagon. >> more to the point, the cia. a lot of the support is for the military. that's one of the reasons it exists. if you look at the legacy, that is the it played. it's law enforcement and anti-terrorism. >> there is an argument to be made with a different type of agency. >> all the intelligence agencies are. the cia's mission was to keep a check on the soviet union. the missions have changed and that is an interesting question to put a civilian in charge and give it more oversight. >> that's the other part of this. somehow congress will have more responsibilities on nsa. >> they will seek it. >> you would assume the minimum they have to go forward on that point. >> we will see. >> supposedly until he said the single most intellectually challenging problem he paid as president. >> i don't doubt that. >> thank you, sir. >> potential big break. how the pick of max bacchus to be the next ambassador to china shakes up the mid-term. today's trivia question, who was the most recent senator to become an ambassador to china. t
why do we have a civilian in charge of the pentagon. >> more to the point, the cia. a lot of the support is for the military. that's one of the reasons it exists. if you look at the legacy, that is the it played. it's law enforcement and anti-terrorism. >> there is an argument to be made with a different type of agency. >> all the intelligence agencies are. the cia's mission was to keep a check on the soviet union. the missions have changed and that is an interesting question...
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guilty to bribery charges as part of widening corruption case involving top officers and a longtime pentagon contractor. john beliveau is the first of six senior officials to be linked to wrongdoing by the firm glenn defense marine asia. the company's executive, leonard glenn francis, is accused of bribing navy officials with money, gives, and sex workers to win government contracts. when defense marine asia has won hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to oversee port visits and security during navy stops of foreign harbors. john beliveau faces up to 20 was imprisoned. chrisrsey governor christie is facing a controversy over whether his appointees deliberately caused traffic delays to exact political revenge. democrats say lanes on the new jersey side of the george washington bridge were reduced in september to punish the mayor of fort lee for declining to endorse chris christie's bid for reelection. just one lane was operational over a four-day period, causing massive traffic jams. to christie appointees, one of them high school friend, have resigned since the scandal broke. one of
guilty to bribery charges as part of widening corruption case involving top officers and a longtime pentagon contractor. john beliveau is the first of six senior officials to be linked to wrongdoing by the firm glenn defense marine asia. the company's executive, leonard glenn francis, is accused of bribing navy officials with money, gives, and sex workers to win government contracts. when defense marine asia has won hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to oversee port visits and...
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was a lot of focus early in theot just the people white house, but the people across the river in the pentagon about who was going to control the surge, who was going to control the next direction of the war. there was a lot of back-and- forth, and at the end of the day i cannot help feel that all of that wrestling for power, control, resentment over leaks, this and that, took away from what the focus should have been. not just beginning about policymakers, but in the media i was certainly more focused on the job than of what i should have been focused on, which was ultimately what i wrote about in the book, soldiers on the ground, family at home. huge leadership failures. >> as we say goodbye, kelly, you are the only person on this panel who has been on jeopardy. -- jeopardy -- "jeopardy." what was that like? [laughter] and fabulous. a charity game that we played last year, it was a lot of fun and a great experience. all in the buzzer. >> we are appreciative to the people watching live streaming, to the bank of america for making these conversations possible, all of you for coming out, and ou
was a lot of focus early in theot just the people white house, but the people across the river in the pentagon about who was going to control the surge, who was going to control the next direction of the war. there was a lot of back-and- forth, and at the end of the day i cannot help feel that all of that wrestling for power, control, resentment over leaks, this and that, took away from what the focus should have been. not just beginning about policymakers, but in the media i was certainly more...
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$45 billion, half the amount scheduled to be automatically cut from the 2014 operating budgets of the pentagon and some domestic agencies. an additional $18 billion for 2015 would provide enough relief to essentially freeze spending at those levels for the year. >> this " restore sequester cuts and about half the amount that were expected to kick can. they're expecting deeper cuts in next year. two years, we would not be faced with another government shut down. they will have a cut in military and benefits, a military families will only get 1 percent cost-of-living increase every year. a lot of americans will lose their unemployment benefits. it looks like the budget will pass the senate and signed by the president. >> >> teens are heeding the message to stay away from cocaine and cigarettes. but when it comes to marijuana, not so much. national institute on drug use found that 60 percent of high school seniors don't think regular pot use is harmful to their health. more than a third of them admitted to using it within the past 12 months. nearly seven percent say they smoke marijuana daily. th
$45 billion, half the amount scheduled to be automatically cut from the 2014 operating budgets of the pentagon and some domestic agencies. an additional $18 billion for 2015 would provide enough relief to essentially freeze spending at those levels for the year. >> this " restore sequester cuts and about half the amount that were expected to kick can. they're expecting deeper cuts in next year. two years, we would not be faced with another government shut down. they will have a cut...
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it would restore half the automatic budget cuts for the pentagon and domestic agencies. >> bad news for home buyers, mortgage rates are going up in the new year. it's the result of policy changes meant to reduce the role that fannie mae and freddie mac make in the market. >> when you're looking for a good nutritional male you don't turn to the airlines to satisfy that need but aa new study by diet detective tells us which airlines are doing a better job than others and he says virgin america and air canada are at the top of the list. on virgin, for example, the average meal or snack box has 360 calories. as for the not so good, he says frontier, southwest serve the worst food. >> if you are looking to pick up beyonce's hot new album, you're not going to find it at target. the self-title album set a record after it was released exclusively on itunes friday and wracked up more than 600,000 sales just in it's first three days. now billboard reports target won't carry the physical cd because the early digital release hurt demand for the hard copy. >> and take a look at these. some adorable
it would restore half the automatic budget cuts for the pentagon and domestic agencies. >> bad news for home buyers, mortgage rates are going up in the new year. it's the result of policy changes meant to reduce the role that fannie mae and freddie mac make in the market. >> when you're looking for a good nutritional male you don't turn to the airlines to satisfy that need but aa new study by diet detective tells us which airlines are doing a better job than others and he says...
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$45 billion, half the amount scheduled to be automatically cut from the 2014 operating budgets of the pentagon and some domestic agencies. an additional $18 billion for 2015 would provide enough relief to essentially freeze spending at those levels for the year. >> watching wall street this >> here's a look at yesterday's closing numbers. the dow lost nine points. the nasdaq lost five. and the s and p 500-- five and a half. >> there are big changes coming to facebook. they're going to roll out a new advertising strategy. this a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. so you made some bad decisions last night. make a good one this morning. get two biscuit sandwiches, with your choice of country grilled sausage, egg, and cheese, or bacon,
$45 billion, half the amount scheduled to be automatically cut from the 2014 operating budgets of the pentagon and some domestic agencies. an additional $18 billion for 2015 would provide enough relief to essentially freeze spending at those levels for the year. >> watching wall street this >> here's a look at yesterday's closing numbers. the dow lost nine points. the nasdaq lost five. and the s and p 500-- five and a half. >> there are big changes coming to facebook. they're...
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he noted that high-ranking pentagon officials have acknowledged the need to rein in the cost of military benefits. what do you think? i just think that 20 years does not seem long to the average civilian. it 20 years in the navy -- lost two marriages, four children. you do suffer a little more in the civilian world. that is why they agree to give us such a generous retirement and to take -- it is unfair. host: scott, texas, republican caller. who represents you in washington? does he reflect your views? caller: absolutely. he is doing an excellent job. thes going to be in primaries against corn and -- cornyn, i will be supporting him. the most hated man there is our other senator. i absolutely support him. host: are you referring to ted cruz? caller: yes. host: what do you think of senator john cornyn. caller: stockman is going to get my vote, cornyn has too much going on. host: why? on things is caving he should stand up for, he does not had a spine. it is too easy to go along with democrat ns in the lobby. host: he was one of the republicans that voted against moving forward on this tw
he noted that high-ranking pentagon officials have acknowledged the need to rein in the cost of military benefits. what do you think? i just think that 20 years does not seem long to the average civilian. it 20 years in the navy -- lost two marriages, four children. you do suffer a little more in the civilian world. that is why they agree to give us such a generous retirement and to take -- it is unfair. host: scott, texas, republican caller. who represents you in washington? does he reflect...
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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is digging on this story. what are you learning from your sources? >> reporter: wolf, at this hour, military investigators are urgently looking into these reports that when the six troops were killed in southern afghanistan, that they might have survived that helicopter crash. the helo went down due to mechanical failure, they say, but there is a report they're looking at that once they were on the ground, they came under enemy attack. there was a mortar round fired and that it may have hit the helicopter. the question tonight is did any of those troops actually survive the helicopter crash, did this mortar round impact, were they all killed in the crash, what exactly happened here. that is the question and that, wolf, is the question to which right now, there are no answers. this has gotten the attention at the highest levels of the pentagon. there have been meetings about it throughout the day, even defense secretary chuck hagel, very aware of the uncertainty of this situation, and looking for answers about
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is digging on this story. what are you learning from your sources? >> reporter: wolf, at this hour, military investigators are urgently looking into these reports that when the six troops were killed in southern afghanistan, that they might have survived that helicopter crash. the helo went down due to mechanical failure, they say, but there is a report they're looking at that once they were on the ground, they came under enemy attack. there was a...
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also a pentagon study on sexual misconduct spiked by 33% from 2010 to 2012. >>> new york businessman jacob austriker is reportedly back in the u.s. that's what an unidentified state department official tells the associated press. family members in the u.s. apparently have not seen or heard from him since his return. he was detained more than two years ago without charge in a bolivian money laundering investigation. >>> an olympic size wardrobe malfunction or fail. turns out the red, white and blue mittens the u.s. olympic committee is selling at the sochi winter games were made in china. says so right on the tag. yes. the usoc says the official mittens that the american athletes will wear during the opening ceremonies will indeed and are definitely made in the good old usa. >> every time i feel like we've got the same thing. >> it's amazing how much the wardrobe -- >> it's that hard to have things not made in china. that's what it tells us. >> yes. >>> let's move to our political gut check of the morning. the senate looking to clear the bipartisan budget compromise by a crucial test
also a pentagon study on sexual misconduct spiked by 33% from 2010 to 2012. >>> new york businessman jacob austriker is reportedly back in the u.s. that's what an unidentified state department official tells the associated press. family members in the u.s. apparently have not seen or heard from him since his return. he was detained more than two years ago without charge in a bolivian money laundering investigation. >>> an olympic size wardrobe malfunction or fail. turns out...
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. >>> the pentagon's top sexual assault prevention officer is stepping down. patton will leave after a 35-year army career. he has been the public face of the army sexual assault prevention programs as congress moved to make changes and how sexual assaults are handled in the military. he is leaving amid rumors -- >>> to ukraine. protesters continue their rally upset at the country's growing ties to russia. key meeting set to take place an hour from now between that country's president and russia's president vladimir putin. diana, why is this meeting drawing such anger from the protesters? >> reporter: chris steen, the reason the protesters came out here about four weeks ago now is because the ukraine's president decided not to sign a trade deal with the european union. now when they see him going to russia to strengthen ties with russia infuriates and that is precisely what they want to avoid. when you talk to them they don't want to return to a soviet union. it exists in their president and the ruling elite the sort of poiverl industrial powerful elite who su
. >>> the pentagon's top sexual assault prevention officer is stepping down. patton will leave after a 35-year army career. he has been the public face of the army sexual assault prevention programs as congress moved to make changes and how sexual assaults are handled in the military. he is leaving amid rumors -- >>> to ukraine. protesters continue their rally upset at the country's growing ties to russia. key meeting set to take place an hour from now between that country's...
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. >>> still to come, google buys a company that provides machinery to the pentagon. what does google have planned for its the armies of robots? >>> plus mike tyson coming up later in the show. so i tried depend last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. hi-ya! and i tried a baking class. one weekend can make all the difference. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you the confidence of new fit-flex® protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. it's our best protection. take your weekend on with a free sample at depend.com just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything
. >>> still to come, google buys a company that provides machinery to the pentagon. what does google have planned for its the armies of robots? >>> plus mike tyson coming up later in the show. so i tried depend last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. hi-ya! and i tried a baking class. one weekend can make all the difference. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you the confidence of new fit-flex®...
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let's bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's got more on today's ruling and what it means. barbara? >> reporter: wolf, you know, from the beginning edward snowden portrayed himself as a whistleblower, shedding light on illegal government surveillance. it now looks like a federal judge is agreeing with him. edward snowden blew the lid off the national security agency's once secret surveillance program, and now a federal judge could derail is altogether, ruling its collection of billions of records of telephone calls to, from and within the u.s. is likely unconstitutional. the judge said, quote, i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every citizen. if upheld, the decision has widespread implications. the judge says the nsa is violating fourth amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. it comes hours after cbs' "60 minutes" broadcast interviews with nsa leaders defending the program. >> this numb
let's bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's got more on today's ruling and what it means. barbara? >> reporter: wolf, you know, from the beginning edward snowden portrayed himself as a whistleblower, shedding light on illegal government surveillance. it now looks like a federal judge is agreeing with him. edward snowden blew the lid off the national security agency's once secret surveillance program, and now a federal judge could derail is altogether, ruling its...
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this week, the pentagon released the name of one service member killed in afghanistan. >>> that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news" with david muir tonight. so long from ho chi minh city in vietnam. have a great day. >> in the news this sunday, remembering nelson mandela. the final tributes to the former south african president before he was lid to rest. and also a girl went to oakland children's hospital to get her tonsils removed. she's now brain dead. what the family say happened and how the hospital is responding. >> good morning from our sutro camara. can't miss the haze over the city. some waking up to freezing temperatures but others well above normal. i'll let you know if w
this week, the pentagon released the name of one service member killed in afghanistan. >>> that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news" with david muir tonight. so long from ho chi minh city in vietnam. have a great day. >> in the news this sunday, remembering nelson mandela. the final tributes to the former south african president before he was lid to rest. and also a girl went to oakland children's hospital to get her...
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it the agreement would leave in place most of the automatic cuts set to hit the pentagon, domestic agencies and medicare providers but it would eliminate an especially harsh set of cuts over the next two years. for more on this budget deal, let's go tocrit tin welker at the white house for us. kristin, from your vantage point and that of the white house, how is tuesday's vote shaping up? will the president have something to sign perhaps next week? >> that is the expectation, but as you point out, there's still about five republican votes short. you have a number of republican senators coming out, voicing their opposition to this legislation. they will say it doesn't do enough to cut spending, and it's sort of a bizarre turn of events because you have the legislation passing with broad bipartisan support in the house, but stumbling in the senate. usually it's the reverse. usually it's much harder to get legislation through the house. so certainly an interesting turn of events. we saw this past week sort of the war within the gop airing itself out on the public stage, are you had house speake
it the agreement would leave in place most of the automatic cuts set to hit the pentagon, domestic agencies and medicare providers but it would eliminate an especially harsh set of cuts over the next two years. for more on this budget deal, let's go tocrit tin welker at the white house for us. kristin, from your vantage point and that of the white house, how is tuesday's vote shaping up? will the president have something to sign perhaps next week? >> that is the expectation, but as you...
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this type of incident was actually predicted weeks ago by senior pentagon officials and joint chiifs chairman martin dempsey after china announced an expansion of its air defense on, and expansion that even the united states and our biggest rally in the region, japan, recognizes. the president's apartment of defense in analogy only that this today and occurred. just a little over a week after it was leaked by a name navy officials familiar with the event. turning now to northern asia, the brutality of north korea on full display after the government of kim jong and released images of the dictators uncle being dragged out of pyongyang in chains. the former number two man in north korea was reportedly executed by his nephew for planning a coup according to north korea's official news agency. he claimed his uncle desperately worked to form a faction within the party by creating illusions about him and it winning those we can face while accusing him of womanizing, drug use and gambling, beating -- eatg at expensive restaurants and leaving the country for medical treatment. the report cal
this type of incident was actually predicted weeks ago by senior pentagon officials and joint chiifs chairman martin dempsey after china announced an expansion of its air defense on, and expansion that even the united states and our biggest rally in the region, japan, recognizes. the president's apartment of defense in analogy only that this today and occurred. just a little over a week after it was leaked by a name navy officials familiar with the event. turning now to northern asia, the...